In and Around the Valley

IN AND AROUND THE VALLEY

In and Around the Valley (IAV) is a monthly email distribution featuring non-Churchill Club business and technology-related events we believe will interest to our friends and members. To submit an event, please complete the form below.

Please note:

Entries must be submitted by the 25th of each month to be considered for the following month’s distribution, sent by the 1st of the month.

Event descriptions must be 175 words or fewer.

We cannot guarantee that all submissions will be included.

Event listings are limited to 3 per month per organization.

We typically do not feature events that are scheduled on Churchill Club event dates.

Distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, is commonly known for powering digital currency exchange and mobile payments. Beyond finance, there is growing buzz around emerging applications in energy, food, retail, supply chain, healthcare, education, government, and far more. Apart from fintech, where is the greatest innovation happening in distributed ledger technology—and where is the advanced thinking coming from? What industrial applications are emerging, and what is the timeframe to achieve greater potential? What’s the importance and prospective impact of open standards and open source software? What is the role and importance of ecosystems? Does adoption of blockchain mean an evolutionary change that companies will take in stride, or will it be revolutionary and obsolete old models, such as when the Internet arrived? How concurrently will skillsets in the labor force evolve? What is happening in Silicon Valley to speed up the development of blockchain applications?